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Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community occurs on fossiliferous (primarily with oyster shells) and somewhat gypseous clays of the Yegua Formation and other Eocene formations in southern Texas. The soils are eroded calcareous clays which, though far from the coast, are slightly saline. This shrubland is usually low in stature, with few emergent shrubs. <i>Hechtia glomerata</i>, generally absent from other blackbrush-dominated shrublands, is common and characteristic. Other important shrubs include <i>Condalia spathulata, Krameria ramosissima, Guaiacum angustifolium</i>, and <i>Karwinskia humboldtiana</i>. Ten or more species of small cacti are often present; <i>Agave parryi ssp. parryi</i> and <i>Agave univittata</i> are present at some sites. <i>Citharexylum brachyanthum, Jatropha dioica</i>, and <i>Castela erecta ssp. texana</i> are also sometimes present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35948-{05E21EA0-9CB2-490A-889B-47F8E809D58F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jul-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690065 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007760
  Translated: Blackbrush Acacia - Texas Barometerbush - Guapilla Shrubland
  Common: Chaparro-Prieto - Cenizo - Guapilla Shrubland
  Scientific: Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007760
(similar) Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland
(similar) Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland